Laura Kopecki was a scientist at IASA and the wife of John Crichton's best friend "DK". Though she initially dismissed DK as "geeky", he eventually won her over and they married in Naples some time after Crichton reached the Uncharted Territories.

Crichton would encounter the real Laura when he returned to Earth with Moya shortly thereafter. Along with her husband, Laura was part of the scientific team that examined, with little understanding, the alien technology Crichton had brought back with him. Crichton's lack of information on it frustrated her, as she felt that Crichton was holding out on them.